Physics

Vandebilt Catholic High School

W. Dupre

Vectors - Key Terms

Being able to identify the following terms is essential to a complete understanding of vectors.

Component

Displacement

Distance

Frame of Reference

Hypotenuse

Magnitude

Origin

Pythagorean Theorem

Ray

Resultant

Scalar

Theta (q)

Trigonometry

Vector

Vector Addition (Vector Composition)

Vector Division (Vector Resolution)